Check Out This Giant Inflatable Hangar For A Solar-Powered Plane
Solar Impulse Inflatable Hangar Solar Impulse Instead of flying out of Dallas and touching down in a reserved hangar, the sun-powered plane Solar Impulse will land in an inflatable structure for part three of its trans-America flight. Solar Impulse, the solar-powered plane currently flying across the U.S., left Texas today on the third leg of its cross-country voyage. But it'll have to run an audible when it touches down in St. Louis after midnight tonight: the hangar reserved for the aircraft was battered by storms in the area, and the plane will land with a special inflatable hangar instead. Solar Impulse has been motoring along since it took off from San Francisco in early May, making stops in Phoenix and Dallas. Before takeoff, the team calculated the cross-country trip to New York would take two months. If the plane hadn't left Dallas this morning, it would run the risk of...